Peter Dartnell Rikk G. Kvitek 2016 1.0 GeoTiff Data Series DS 781 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey https://doi.org/10.3133/ds781 https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/csmp/OffshoreMonterey/data_catalog_OffshoreMonterey.html Nadine E. Golden 2015 database Data Series DS 781 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey https://doi.org/10.3133/ds781 This part of DS 781 presents data for the acoustic-backscatter map of the Offshore of Monterey map area, California. Backscatter data are provided as separate grids depending on resolution. This metadata file refers to the data included in "Backscatter_5m_OffshoreMonterey.zip," which is accessible from https://doi.org/10.5066/F70Z71C8. These data accompany the pamphlet and map sheets of Johnson, S.Y., Dartnell, P., Hartwell, S.R., Cochrane, G.R., Golden, N.E., Watt, J.T., Davenport, C.W., Kvitek, R.G., Erdey, M.D., Krigsman, L.M., Sliter, R.W., and Maier, K.L. (S.Y. Johnson and S.A. Cochran, eds.), 2016, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Monterey, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1110, pamphlet 44 p., 10 sheets, scale 1:24,000, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161110. The acoustic-backscatter map of the Offshore of Monterey map area in central California was generated from backscatter data collected by California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) and by Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Mapping was completed between 1998 and 2012 using a combination of multibeam echosounders including 200-kHz/400-kHz Reson 7125, 100-kHz Reson 7111, 240 kHz Reson 8101, and 30-kHz Simrad EM-300 as well as 234-kHz and 468-kHz SWATHplus bathymetric sidescan-sonar system. Within the final imagery, brighter tones indicate higher backscatter intensity, and darker tones indicate lower backscatter intensity. The intensity represents a complex interaction between the acoustic pulse and the seafloor, as well as characteristics within the shallow subsurface, providing a general indication of seafloor texture and composition. Backscatter intensity depends on the acoustic source level; the frequency used to image the seafloor; the grazing angle; the composition and character of the seafloor, including grain size, water content, bulk density, and seafloor roughness; and some biological cover. Harder and rougher bottom types such as rocky outcrops or coarse sediment typically return stronger intensities (high backscatter, lighter tones), whereas softer bottom types such as fine sediment return weaker intensities (low backscatter, darker tones). These data are intended for science researchers, students, policy makers, and the general public. These data can be used with geographic information systems or other software. For additional information on CSUMB backscatter data online visit http://seafloor.otterlabs.org and for MBARI data see http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/relief.html. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in Esri format, this metadata file may include some Esri-specific terminology. 1998 2014 ground condition Complete As needed -122.0649 -121.7862 36.6928 36.5313 USGS Metadata Identifier USGS:a43df4fc-7f52-4007-a276-ca428e788d4f Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Bathymetry Seafloor Topography None Seafloor Character Fisheries Ecosystem Multibeam Geology Bathymetry Backscatter Intensity Ocean Floor Topography U.S. Geological Survey USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program CMHRP Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center PCMSC ISO 19115 Topic Category geoscientificInformation environment oceans imageryBaseMapsEarthCover Data Categories for Marine Planning distributions physical habitats and geomorphology Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords seabed sidescan sonar marine geophysics USGS Thesaurus sidescan sonar image mosaics marine geophysics sea-floor characteristics sea-floor acoustic reflectivity Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) Marine Nearshore Subtidal Marine Offshore Subtidal Transform Continental Margin Continental/Island Shelf Rock Substrate Unconsolidated Mineral Substrate Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Pacific Ocean State of California Monterey Monterey County Seaside Marina Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) Northern California Ecoregion Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) Substrate None USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain. Acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey, California State University, Monterey Bay, Seafloor Mapping Lab, and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in products derived from these data. Share data products developed using these data with the U.S. Geological Survey. This information is not intended for navigational purposes. Read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to data use. Uses of these data should not violate the spatial resolution of the data. Where these data are used in combination with other data of different resolution, the resolution of the combined output will be limited by the lowest resolution of all the data. This database has been approved for release and publication by the Director of the USGS. Although this database has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use. Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document these data in nonproprietary form, as well as in ArcInfo format, this metadata file may include some ArcInfo-specific terminology. U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center PCMSC Science Data Coordinator mailing and physical

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Santa Cruz CA 95060-5792 US 831-427-4747 pcmsc_data@usgs.gov https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/56cf5fc5e4b015c306ed183c?name=Backscatter_5m_OffshoreMonterey.jpg&allowOpen=true Acoustic backscatter imagery offshore of Monterey. JPEG Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 10.0 Johnson, S.Y. Dartnell, P. Hartwell, S.R. Cochrane, G.R. Golden, N.E. Watt, J.T. Davenport, C.W. Kvitek, R.G. Erdey, M.D. Krisgman, L.M. Sliter, R.W. Maier, K.L. 2016 Open-File Report 2016-1110 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161110 Not applicable for raster data. Unspecified Complete Estimated to be no less than 2 m, owing to water depth and total propagated uncertainties of the mapping systems, which include sonar system, position and motion compensation system, and navigation, as well as data processing that includes sounding cleaning, gridding, and datum transformations. Not applicable to acoustic-backscatter imagery. During the MBARI mapping mission in 1998, an Applied Analytic POS MV (Position and Orientation System for Marine Vessels) was used to accurately position the vessel and account for vessel motion with navigational input from a kinematic GPS system. Soundings were corrected for variations in water-column sound velocity using data from a SeaBird CTD and Sippican T5 expendable bathythermographs. The USGS downloaded the original MBARI survey line files from the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) on-line bathymetry server (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/relief.html, 2014). Using MB-Systems, amplitude values were extracted from the survey line files and exported as one overall XYZ file. The XYZ file was gridded at 5-m spatial resolution in Fledermaus software (QPS), converted to an ASCIIRaster file, and imported into a geographic information system (GIS). The grid was clipped to the offshore of Monterey map boundary. 2014 Pete Dartnell U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Physical Scientist mailing and physical address

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Santa Cruz CA 95060 831-460-7551 831-427-4748 aallwardt@usgs.gov Added keywords from Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) to metadata. 20180426 U.S. Geological Survey Alan O. Allwardt Contractor -- Information Specialist mailing and physical address

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Santa Cruz CA 95060 831-460-7551 831-427-4748 aallwardt@usgs.gov Edited metadata to add keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. No data were changed. 20201019 U.S. Geological Survey VeeAnn A. Cross Marine Geologist Mailing and Physical

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Santa Cruz CA 95060 831-460-7545 scochran@usgs.gov Edits were made to bring the metadata up to current PCMSC standards including standardizing authors' names, adding a doi# link, correcting typos, refining keywords, and using current access and distribution liability statements. Point of Contact and Metadata Contact information sections were changed to static PCMSC contact information. No data were changed. The metadata available from a harvester may supersede metadata bundled within a download file. Users are advised to compare the metadata date of this file to any similar file to ensure they are using the most recent version. 20220520 U.S. Geological Survey Susan A. Cochran Geologist Mailing and Physical

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Santa Cruz CA 95060 831-460-7545 scochran@usgs.gov Raster Grid Cell 5487 3180 1 Universal Transverse Mercator 10 0.9996 -123.00000 0.00000 500000.0 0.00 coordinate pair 5.0 5.0 Meters WGS84 WGS84 6378137.00 298.257223563 Value Backscatter [5m] intensity value ESRI VALUE Backscatter intensity values ESRI -60.0 -9.0 Floating point values representing intensity The MBARI acoustic-backscatter grid was originally archived as an ESRI grid with the following attributes: >Cell size = 5.0 >Number of rows = 5487 >Number of columns = 3180 > >Data type = floating point > >Boundary >Xmin = 583709.5 >Xmax = 608434.5 >Ymin = 4043567.5 >Ymax = 4061207.5 > >Statistics >Minimum value = -60.0 >Maximum value = -9.0 >Mean = -34.57 >Standard deviation = 4.8 > >Coordinate system description >Projection UTM >Zone 10 >Datum WGS84 >Units meter none U.S. Geological Survey mailing and physical address

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Menlo Park CA 94025-3561 USA (650) 329-4309 These databases, identified as acoustic-backscatter maps of the Offshore of Monterey map area, California have been approved for release and publication by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Although these databases have been subjected to rigorous review and are substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The USGS or the U.S. Government shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. These data are not intended for navigational use. TIFF ArcMap (version 10.0, ESRI , 2011) Raster data layer is registered TIFF image in the UTM Zone 10 coordinate system with datum WGS84. The .zip file for the TIFF image includes the image (.tif), the world registration file (.tfw), and FGDC-compliant metadata for the Backscatter [5m] data layer of the Offshore of Monterey map area, California. WinZip 15.5 https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/56d0a66de4b015c306ee995d https://doi.org/10.5066/F70Z71C8 https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/ Data can be downloaded using the Network Resource links. The first link will begin a direct download of the data. The second link is a landing page on which all of the downloadable data for a particular region are listed. The third link is a landing page for the entire data catalog. none The downloadable data file has been compressed with the "zip" command and can be unzipped with Winzip (or other tool) on Windows systems. To utilize these data, the user must have software capable of uncompressing the WinZip file and importing and viewing an Esri ArcMap TIFF. Users should download the ArcGIS Project File, OffshoreMontereyGIS.mxd.zip, a compressed (with the "zip" command) version of the ArcMap document (.mxd) that has all the data layers loaded in the table of contents for "Offshore of Monterey map area" and has all the data symbolized as on the data release map sheets. Download and save this ArcGIS project file, including all data layers, to the directory the user has created for this GIS. 20220520 U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center PCMSC Science Data Coordinator mailing and physical

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Santa Cruz CA 95060-5792 US 831-427-4747 pcmsc_data@usgs.gov Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time